Gurgaon couple crushed under car after expressway collision

A couple were crushed under the wheels of a speeding sedan on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on Wednesday after the bike they were riding hit a speed breaker and lost control.

A couple were crushed under the wheels of a speeding sedan on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on Wednesday after the bike they were riding hit a speed breaker and lost control.

The crashed sedan. The collision killed Rathore and his wife, Anupama. (HT Photo)

Parveen Singh Rathore (37) and his wife Anupama (34), who resided in Palam Colony Delhi with their two school-going children, met with the accident around 11.30am at the defunct Sirhaul toll plaza. They were immediately rushed to a private hospital in DLF City Phase 3 by the car driver, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.

The sedan, with a temporary registration was being driven by Samira Sisodia, a woman executive of a multinational company. She was charged with sections 279(rash driving) and 304A(death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.

DCP East Deepak Saharan said, “The sedan had a temporary registration number and we have impounded the car. We will arrest the accused on Thursday and will produce her at a city court. The accused’s husband Dinesh Sisodia has been asked to produce the vehicle registration documents”.

Rathore worked in a glass company at Jharsa chowk sector 15, and his wife worked with a private company in DLF Cyber City. Police said it took a few hours to locate the relatives of the victims and that it was only after they reached in the evening that a case could be registered against the accused.